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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Aland to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational ventures. People want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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